North Yorkshire based garage-indie duo Orchard, comprising Rosie and Joel formerly of London bands including Baaneex, Magic Mist, Giant Burger, Night Pain and Melge, arrive on Cruel Nature Records with debut album ‘Til You Fall Down.
Recorded without amplifiers utilising as few takes as possible, this collection has drawn comparisons with the hallowed C86 scene, and whilst it only takes one breathless blast through its ten tracks to understand that shared energy, there is clearly a lot more going on besides. Be it the righteous power-pop of album highlight Freedom or the 90s US alternative rock channeling Burning People To Keep Castles Warm, there is a unifying heart and spirit that makes this music unmistakably Orchard’s own.
The contrast between Rosie’s primal punk snarl and Joel’s soaring grit and melody provides a unique vocal dynamic, at once comforting, confronting and utterly compelling. The album’s three instrumentals offer no let up on the intensity, carrying with them an emotional weight matched by few and guitar hooks for days. Fizzing with righteous fury and loaded with some truly great songs, ‘Til You Fall Down is a lo-fi triumph of art and expression at its most visceral. Essential.
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